"Education…should concern itself primarily…with the liberation, organization, and direction of power and intelligence, with the development of taste, with culture." ~~ Abraham Flexner
"The pointed proverb is like a diamond, it sends out light and it also cuts." ~~ Franz Rosenzweig
"A man should not say, “I will love the learned and hate the unlearned”; he should say, “I will love them all.”" ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan, 16
"If you do not suffer the toil of study, you will suffer the toil of ignorance." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Don’t look for more honor than your learning merits. " ~~ Traditional Proverb
"Just as the mirror should be more polished than the gazer, so should the teacher be more brilliant than the pupil." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Blessed is the son who studies with his father, and blessed is the father who teaches his son." ~~ Talmud
"You cannot liken the self-taught man to the schooled." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"For learning, the ear is more useful than the eye." ~~ Gerondi
"Happy is the man who devotes his time to study, and he who resists temptation." ~~ The Slonimer Rabbi
"A teacher who surrenders the respect due to him is no longer respected." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin
"A scholar who fears not sin is as a craftsman without his tools." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan